Integrated farm planning is about thinking outside your farm boundaries. It's about planning water use, biodiversity protection and emission controls as a catchment, and at the same time seeing how this kind of thinking and planning can actually put farmers ahead of the game and bring real financial benefits to their operations.

There's a fantastic new project underway in the Taiari/Taieri to support integrated farm planning - the Health Taieri project.

From their website:

"Integrated farm planning supports all parts of a farm business and can give you confidence that you are staying ahead of challenges coming your way and making the most of opportunities – for your business and within your catchment."

More info about the project HERE